metabrainz/musicbrainz-server
Server for the MusicBrainz project (website, API, database tools) observed · 2026-09-01
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5937
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1083 stars · 338 forks observed · 2026-09-01
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
The official server for the MusicBrainz project, providing the musicbrainz.org website, a RESTful web service API, and database tools for the community-maintained music metadata database. It is written in Perl using the Catalyst framework with React-based frontend components and PostgreSQL as the backing store.
Use cases
- self-host a music metadata database server
- run a local mirror of the MusicBrainz database and API
- build client apps that query music metadata via the MusicBrainz web service
- contribute to or edit the open music encyclopedia
- look up artists, releases, and recordings by music metadata
- replicate the MusicBrainz live data feed into a local PostgreSQL database
When to choose
- you need to self-host a MusicBrainz instance or mirror the music metadata database
- you want to contribute code to the MusicBrainz website or API
- you need a private instance of the MusicBrainz web service for high-volume lookups
When to avoid
- you just want to consume MusicBrainz data without hosting it - use the public API or database dumps instead
- you need a tagger application - use MusicBrainz Picard instead
- you are not comfortable maintaining a Perl/Catalyst/PostgreSQL stack
Facets
application · maturity active
web-framework http-server api-framework search-engine database web-development databases media apis self-hosted self-hosted music-metadata musicbrainz catalyst open-data web-service community-maintained linux web-server perl nodejs postgresql
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/metabrainz/musicbrainz-server · fetched 2026-09-01 · 217a7e24ceec
- homepage: http://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_Server · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8efbbfbad3c5
- site_page: https://musicbrainz.org/doc/About · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4c9f1ed473e8
- site_page: https://musicbrainz.org/doc/About/Data_License · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6b2113441967
- site_page: https://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_Documentation · fetched 2026-08-29 · 83eadc05be9f
- site_page: https://musicbrainz.org/doc/WikiDocs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 31e0b8e10c2d
- site_page: https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Frequently_Asked_Questions · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6cf6a70b1bb1
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| metabrainz/musicbrainz-server | main | 77 |
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